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Valzer ragazzi
The Reggiane RE2002 was the Guiseppe Cenni plane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Cenni
Valzer (Waltz) !
The radio call, that Cenni had started to give to his pilots since the first actions of dive with the Stuka, of his 239th Squadron Autonomous Divers, was:
«Valzer ragazzi!»
(radio call that Cenni gave to 239ª s.a.t. before the "Tuffo")
The "Waltz!" was not only an invitation to dive, but became, for Cenni and his men, a motto in use both in flight and on the ground. An invitation to light-hearted moments, as well as to the most dramatic ones.
This phrase, even after the death of Cenni, remained always present in the group: so much so that, since 1993, the "Valzer!" appeared, as a special color, on the tail of the planes of the 102nd Group (F-104 first and Tornado then).
And even today there is no Group toast that does not end with a "Valzer!": today as yesterday symbol of the values of the 102º.
The Reggiane RE2002 was the Guiseppe Cenni plane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Cenni
Valzer (Waltz) !
The radio call, that Cenni had started to give to his pilots since the first actions of dive with the Stuka, of his 239th Squadron Autonomous Divers, was:
«Valzer ragazzi!»
(radio call that Cenni gave to 239ª s.a.t. before the "Tuffo")
The "Waltz!" was not only an invitation to dive, but became, for Cenni and his men, a motto in use both in flight and on the ground. An invitation to light-hearted moments, as well as to the most dramatic ones.
This phrase, even after the death of Cenni, remained always present in the group: so much so that, since 1993, the "Valzer!" appeared, as a special color, on the tail of the planes of the 102nd Group (F-104 first and Tornado then).
And even today there is no Group toast that does not end with a "Valzer!": today as yesterday symbol of the values of the 102º.
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